Year in Review

Two years after Carroll County Public Schools voted to close North Carroll High, New Windsor Middle and Charles Carroll Elementary schools, the county spent the majority of 2017 grappling with and figuring out what to do with the excess buildings. North Carroll High School brought some of the biggest...

Deaths and overdoses related to opioid drugs continued to climb in Carroll County in 2017 even as various initiatives to combat addiction and its related tragedies saw some success. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office keeps a count of fatal and nonfatal overdoses by substance, and while these statistics...

For Carroll County Public Schools, 2017 was filled with numerous high-profile incidents, many leaving the school system in the spotlight, sometimes statewide and nationally. Perhaps the biggest incident came from the arrest, suspension and then firing of former West Middle School teacher Kenneth...

Two Carroll County men were convicted of first-degree murder in 2017 in the death of Kandi Gerber. In April, Robert Theodore Bosley, 40, formerly of New Windsor, was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree assault and conspiracy to commit first-degree...

It was a notable year for law enforcement as the Hampstead Police Department swore in a new police chief and Mount Airy put into service its first police force. But, throughout the county, a number of high-profile crimes were adjudicated while others were committed. Changes to police forces Steve...

As 2017 drew to a close, the status of the long overdue Freedom Area Comprehensive Plan looks strikingly similar to the end of 2016. After two years of work on the plan by the Carroll County Planning and Zoning Commission, the Board of County Commissioner’s ultimately remanded the plan back to...

As Carroll County celebrated 180 years of existence a number of organizations, businesses and schools have also celebrated major anniversaries in 2017. Throughout the year, The Times has been there for each of these major celebrations. Hoffman’s Home Made Ice Cream 70 Years When Hoffman's Home...

Remembering 10 who died in 2017 after making an impact on Carroll County. Brian Lockard Brian Lockard served 33 years in Carroll County Public Schools, including as superintendent and, later, as professor of education at McDaniel College. Lockard died Jan. 17. He was 73. Lockard graduated from...

Comparing images from Carroll County’s past with how they look today. The photos appear in the Times each Sunday. Send your “Then” photos to Carroll CountyTimes, 115 Airport Drive, Suite170, Westminster, MD 21157; or to ken.koons@carrollcountytimes.com.More

Comparing images from Carroll County’s past with how they look today. The photos appear in the Times each Sunday. Send your “Then” photos to Carroll CountyTimes, 115 Airport Drive, Suite170, Westminster, MD 21157; or to ken.koons@carrollcountytimes.com.

The Harney volunteer fire company carnival may not have the rides or all of the games of the other Carroll carnivals, but for the members of the local community, it is still an indispensable part of summer.

Throughout the summer, many of Carroll’s volunteer fire companies will host their annual carnivals. Browse through these photos from previous years' events to see when and where each of the fire companies will hold their carnivals.